Repairing Caregiver Identities

In this episode, Danica and Monica come full circle as they pick up on a nurse’s story Monica shared in Episode 1 and discuss how this nurse was able to repair her caregiver identity. Monica highlights how critical narrative methodology can provide deep insight into the complexities of nursing and the importance of storytelling in processing difficult experiences.

Content Warnings

(08:56 – 11:02): Story shared of child dying

(13:30 – 16:37): Story shared of nurse’s grief and experience at a children’s cancer camp

References

(03:10): Arthur Frank

Frank, A. (2013). The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics (2nd Edition ed.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.